HSK 1 · Adjectives

高兴 gāoxìng “happy” in Chinese

Traditional 高興

What 高兴 means

  1. happy
  2. glad
  3. willing (to do sth)
  4. in a cheerful mood

How to say 高兴

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale高gāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale兴xìng4th tone, falling

高兴 in a sentence

  1. 我知道你为什么高兴。

    Wǒ zhīdao nǐ wèishénme gāoxìng.

    I know why you’re happy.

    Sentence #1415738 from Tatoeba

  2. 我很高兴你们都在。

    Wǒ hěn gāoxìng nǐmen dōu zài.

    I’m glad you guys are here.

    Sentence #8463574 from Tatoeba

  3. 你能来我真高兴。

    Nǐ néng lái wǒ zhēn gāoxìng.

    I’m really glad you’re here.

    Sentence #3671241 from Tatoeba

How 高兴 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 高 (gāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
高gāohigh
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 冋desert · jiōng

Memory aidDrawn from a tall tower: high, tall.

The character 兴 (xìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
兴xìngfeeling or desire to do sth
  • ⺍small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 一one · yī
  • 八eight · bā

How to write 高兴

高 10 strokes · 兴 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

高兴 (gāoxìng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 高兴 (gāoxìng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 高兴

Words with 高

高gāo · tall高中gāozhōng · senior high school提高tígāo · to raise高铁gāotiě · high-speed rail身高shēngāo · (a person’s) height高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway高级gāojí · high level高档gāodàng · superior quality崇高chónggāo · lofty高超gāochāo · superb

Words with 兴

兴趣xìngqù · interest感兴趣gǎn xìngqù · be interested in兴奋xīngfèn · excited兴旺xīngwàng · prosperous兴隆xīnglóng · prosperous振兴zhènxīng · to revitalise复兴fùxīng · revival兴高采烈xìnggāocǎiliè · in high spirits兴致勃勃xìngzhìbóbó · full of enthusiasm

More words: Adjectives

多duō · many少shǎo · few冷lěng · cold热rè · hot漂亮piàoliang · beautiful好看hǎokàn · good-looking好听hǎotīng · pleasant to hear好玩儿hǎowánr · amusing

FAQs

高兴 (gāoxìng) means “happy” or “glad”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it gāoxìng: gāo with a 1st tone, then xìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 高兴 is written 高興. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gaoxing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 高兴 from the suggestions. Typing gaoxing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
高兴 is an HSK 1 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.